Strange behavior of wireless charging - Pixel 3
Before I've got original Pixel Stand, I used generic wireless charger. No surprises, it chargers P3 slowly. But there is more. Sometimes it doesn't charge P3 at all. Way more strange, that almost the same behavior I have with Pixel Stand. After some days I began to suspect there is a regularity - the charge at full speed works with at least 85% of charge at phone. If the charge is lower, the possibility the charge would be at rapid speed is pretty low. It can claim it charges rapidly, but in fact it doesn't charge at all, since the charge is going down at the same rate as phone out of any charging. I definitely have relatively small statistics and can not say for sure that 85% is a "red line" for triggering wireless charge start (regardless of speed in my case). Today even at 91% phone battery wireless charging at Pixel Stand didn't start at all (with "charging rapidly" announcement at screen and slowly discharging phone). Other functions of Stand work pretty good regardless of what's going on with charging. I didn't contact Google Customer Service since the results are unstable.
Is anybody has similar experience or bigger statistics? I think, the problem is in the Pixel 3 itself - something is wrong with its handshake with Stand or other charger since in my case it behaves in that regard similarly at both chargers. I ordered a couple of generic wireless charges from aliexpress before I've got my hand on Pixel Stand and continue my research (for slow charging or just charging) to be more consistent with overall behavior of charging process of P3.
The Pixel Stand was bought from Verizon online store, Pixel 3 - from Google online store, last update is Security patch Nov 5, so it's current. The chargers are original, from the box of Stand and phone, both charge phone at full speed through cable.
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